Ian Nussbaum

Mr. Nussbaum’s experience includes representing:

Technology, Healthcare, and Life Sciences

• Tableau in its US$15.7 billion sale to Salesforce*
• Snap in multiple acquisitions worth over US$500 million in the aggregate*
• Instacart in multiple transactions, including acquiring:
  • Rosie*
  • Eversight*
• Five Prime Therapeutics in its US$1.9 billion sale to Amgen*
• Portola Pharmaceuticals in its US$1.41 billion sale to Alexion Pharmaceuticals*
• Sunrun in acquiring Vivint Solar in a stock deal valued at US$3.2 billion*
• TiVo in its combination with Xperi in a US$3 billion all-stock transaction*
• Zipwhip in its US$850 million sale to Twilio*
• Accolade in multiple transactions, including its:
  • US$450 million acquisition of PlushCare*
  • US$460 million acquisition of 2nd MD*
• Oyster Point Pharma in its US$415 million sale to Viatris*
• Chimerix in divesting TEMBEXA to Emergent BioSolutions for US$238 million plus potential milestone payments*
• Adamas Pharmaceuticals in its US$450 million sale to Supernus Pharmaceuticals*
• Humio in its US$400 million sale to CrowdStrike*
• Datadog in acquiring Sqreen*
• Thirty Madison in its agreement to merge with Nurx*
• Snyk in multiple transactions, including in acquiring:
  • TopCoat Data*
  • Fugue*
• Instructure in its US$2 billion acquisition by Thoma Bravo*
• Dova Pharmaceuticals in its US$915 million acquisition by Swedish Orphan Biovitrum*
• Telaria in its merger of equals transaction with Rubicon Project*
• Automattic in acquiring Tumblr from Verizon Communications*
• Thomson Reuters in its strategic partnership with Blackstone for Thomson Reuters’ Financial and Risk business, valued at US$20 billion*
• Medivation in its defense of a hostile takeover attempt by Sanofi and subsequent US$14 billion acquisition by Pfizer*
• Expedia in its US$1.6 billion acquisition of Orbitz Worldwide*
• Siris Capital Group in its US$4.4 billion all-cash acquisition of Travelport Worldwide*
• Siris Capital Group in multiple transactions, including:
  • Its acquisition of Intralinks and the subsequent US$1.5 billion sale of the company to SS&C Technologies*
  • Its preferred investment in Synchronoss Technologies*
• Fairchild Semiconductor International in its US$2.4 billion acquisition by ON Semiconductor*
• MSD Capital in Dell Technologies’ US$22 billion recapitalization transaction*
• Umpqua Holdings in selling a technology business to Kony*

Gaming and Leisure, Retail, Consumer Goods, Industrials, Utilities, and Automotive

• IAA in its definitive merger agreement, under which Ritchie Bros. will acquire IAA in transaction valued at approximately US$7.3 billion*
• Levi Strauss & Co. in acquiring Beyond Yoga*
• Penn National Gaming in its US$575 million divestiture of four casinos to Boyd Gaming and US$2.8 billion acquisition of Pinnacle Entertainment*
• Gaming and Leisure Properties in its US$5.1 billion acquisition of Pinnacle Entertainment’s real estate assets in a Morris Trust transaction*
• PetSmart in its US$8.7 billion leveraged buyout by a private equity consortium led by BC Partners*
• Dufry in multiple transactions, including its:
  • US$4 billion acquisition of World Duty Free*
  • US$1.5 billion acquisition of The Nuance Group*
• PPG Industries in its US$29 billion offer to acquire AkzoNobel*
• NextEra Energy in acquiring Gulf Power Company, Florida City Gas, and the Stanton and Oleander power plants from the Southern Company*
• Johnson Controls in selling its automotive business to Visteon

Financial Institutions

• Chubb in its US$28.3 billion acquisition by ACE Limited*
• The Carlyle Group in multiple transactions, including in acquiring:
  • Interests in Duff & Phelps*
  • A controlling equity stake in Edgewood Partners Insurance Center*
• CIT Group in its US$3.4 billion acquisition of OneWest Bank*
• Wells Fargo in selling a division to Equiniti
• The Bank of America in multiple transactions, including in:
  • 13 branch sales, with deposits worth about US$5.8 billion*
  • Selling its cash management business to BlackRock
• PetSmart in its US$8.7 billion leveraged buyout by a private equity consortium led by BC Partners*
• Astoria Financial in its US$2.2 billion acquisition by Sterling Bancorp*
• Square 1 Financial in its US$849 million acquisition by PacWest Bancorp*
• FBR & Co. in its US$160 million acquisition by B. Riley Financial*
• B. Riley Financial in its US$67 million acquisition of Wunderlich Securities*

*Matter handled prior to joining Latham